There might be one pretty good reason to buy The Road Back anyway, and that is if the artwork in your copies of issues 1-8 is smudged or obscured. In the final days of printing in Sparta Illinois, the quality of print paper took a deep dive (experiments with recycled paper, etc that didn't work out). Some of the art is greatly improved in new-process color on good print stock.

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There might be one pretty good reason to buy The Road Back anyway, and that is if the artwork in your copies of issues 1-8 is smudged or obscured. In the final days of printing in Sparta Illinois, the quality of print paper took a deep dive (experiments with recycled paper, etc that didn't work out). Some of the art is greatly improved in new-process color on good print stock.

Yeah, I'm not thrilled with $3 a book, but I have to admit the paper stock now is much, much better/more durable.